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s.;11 had reason to be satisfied. The Duke may have . 2!.,0 been induced to take this step, by the uncer tainty he was• in respe&ing the measures taken in France, and whether the period when he might re ceive a reinforcement was remote or near at hand. It Na.urred to him that his best course was to carry back his corps of troops to France, to form the rear guard of the Grand Army in. Spain, and some time'-- after to return into Portugal itself, which he now evacuates. The facility, with which the English could supply their army with provisions, and recruit them with fresh troops, Is an additional reason for thinking that the step taken by the Duke of ABRANTES was that which prudence most strongly dictated." [Here follows a C-py of the London Gazette Extraordi nary of the 16th of September,] Since the re-taking of Bilboa, nothing of any im portance has occurred in Spain. Upon the approach of the French, General BLAKE precipitately evacuat ed that city ; this he was induced to do the more speedily, 'in consequence of learning that whilst Mar shal NEY was marching with his troops agz. , inst Bil boa by way of Durango, General MOUTON was ad vancing with his division to Balmaseda to fall upon his rear. It is confidently expected that our army in Spain will Maintain its present position, until the arrival of the different corps of the Grand Army, now on their march ; but, with the utmost possible expedition on the part of the troops, that cannot take place before the beginning of November. Our advices from Erfurth come down to the 3d of 06tober. The two Emperors pass a great part of the day v)gether, and in the evening attend the Theatre. PARIS, OCT. 9.-According to advices from Bayonne, of the 4th, since the flight of the Spaniards from Bilboa the columns of the insurgents precipi tately retreat the instant they perceive the French ready to attack them. Marshal Ntv has from 10,000 to 11,000 men in Bilhoa and the environs. They observe the striaest di , cipliue; and several of the inhabitants, who went off with' the: iniprgent, have returned in conse quence of a proclamation from, the MiLrshal. Letters from Vittoria, of-the.2d inst. state,, that the French General MERLE had .taken possession of St. Andero. The King was still .at Vittoria with his Ministers, and the advanced posts of the centre ex tended as far as Bribiesca. The 5 per cents. with dividend fromthe 22d ult. gre at 80 t. 65 C; ERFURTH, OCT. 2.—The Grand Duke CoNsTAN- TiNa was seized with an indisposition the day after his arrival. .The Kings of Saxony and Westphalia have alrea dy arrit ed. To-morrow - we. expect the King of Wirternburgh, and, on the 4th, thelc.ing ot Bava ria; and it the reports in circulation : 'are to be cre dited, we may a 1 ,o expect the King of Prussia. The. Ettiperch ALEXANDER ha. 3 not, as was, re ported, set of uir Weimar : nor will he proceed thither before the conclusion of the pending sego. tiations. It is rumoured that he will return home by v‘ay of Vienna. Froin Rus,ia we.have here, be sides the Emperor and the Grand Duke CONsTAN TINE, the Minister or State Count RoNtANzow, the Counsellor of State SoRVAis, the Grand Marot t a! Count MARKOLINI,•and both the Counts To.t.sT9y, one of whotu is the Ambassador at the Court of Bois. His Majesty the &aptl'or NApoLzou is acconvia nied by the Princvs of Neufchatel and Benevento, he Grand Mister of the Horse (CAULLNCoURT),tht nister (CnAmPANY), and the Secretary of State (IlattET). Amorig the principal French ! Officers here, are Marshals LANNE%, INIORTIE,R, and DUROC, with a number of Generals and Field Othcers be longing to Corps, the greater part of a.vhich is, at present, quartered in Bavaria. Of the German Princes, we have here Prince Wri,Liasi OF PRUsSIA, the Duke of SAXE-GOTHA, the Prince of HuMBLJEG, the Prince Of MECKLENBUROK-SCHWE FUN: tint! the Prince of RBNgz and Ilunat,sTADT: Yesterday his Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON gave agrzh.o r!: at which were present his Ma je,ty the Emperor A.LEAA ' , rpm the Kings of Saxony and Wo•uphalia, the Duke of Saxe-GuL.,a, the He red:tary Prince of Weimar, the Prince Of Mecklen hur2b Schwerin, Prince WILLIAm Of Prussia, and the Princes of Benevento aunt Neufchat'2l. The Austrian G neral VINCENT wive,' here in the even‘ng of the 28til ult. Yesterday morning he had his ilist att.lience of the Emperor NApoLEON, and immeiately attcr he had an audence of the Emperor ALEXANDER. .- • • wo Nona rchs daily meet aboutten o'clock, and at the' terintration of their conference, theirNlajes ties, on horseWck, or in the same coach, make an cxciarion among the neighbouring. 6llages.• The prinjpal Ministers of both the Emperors have also (lady cont . :levees, and on the 30th` ult. the Mini wei-s for Foreign Affairs, and the Secretaries of State of both rower, were present at the interview of the ttvti Emperors: The truice Primate is expeaed here by the 4th Or sti. instant. Though the departure of the Emperor of . the French I, tot yet positively fixed for a particular dny, we .earn that the Postmasters - on the road to -Franchturt by Wurtzburgh, have had orders to have teiy:-; of horses ready about the .1.2111 HANUATEGH, Ucr. 4.—Advices from Constanti nople of oth of , August state, that - ).4USTANIA Bit iIACT eft corit iitae's to augment the Turkish forces, not withstanding the constant negotiations going on with Austria, to preserve a good understanding with that Power. Orders have been sent to all the Pa ellas to (notch with their re t . ipekive forces to join the main army, under pain of pa) ing ith their beads _for any in,tance of disobedience' or negleo. Detachments of Sp.itiiih troops, undtr escort, continue. to pass through this city, on their march to Ards the Rhine. • Th e e Danish East India Company have had infor- 13;uavia, of the arrival there on the I nth at Mafcii of Cie Kronprinsen, Capt. Faocx, which had been hired by the Dutch Government to carry trk)iips to the eastern coast Of Java. 7.—The Konigsburgh Gazelle of the 22c1 This day his Majesty has proceeded on his long intended journey to "Memel, for the pun po,e.of inspetting thit ruillary stations, and the for t;fkationi of the harhomß along the coast. The Ciutee has also set oat for I.'leinel. Their Majesties ate egpected to return in a few days." A letter from Berlin of the 4th inst. says, " His Excellency Marshal SouLT, and the General Admi ni,l rauir of .Fin;;nces Motu, who itt mf, upon t he arri; al of a Couri-e:14.1a) Erfulth„ 4it.expgted to re.,- turn here. The palace of Prince RADZITM, is pre paring for the accommodation of the former; from which it is inferred that the Marshal will not finally. leave Berlin so soon as was supposed. This day the 10,5 th Regiment of the line marched •in here from P6tsdain." According to the latest advices firom Bt. Peters burgh, a new levy of 100,000 men is going flyward in Russia. The Russian fleet remains in Port Baltic, and all the attempts of the English against it.have completely failed. FRANKFORT, OCT. I.—Yesterday arrived here a number of Spanish Officers in coaches. They pro ceeded towards Mentz. They are escorted by some Dutch cavalry, but are allowed to wear their swords. Seven and thirty pontoons have passed with all expedition through this place for Mentz. On the other hand, a squadron of French carbineers had passed through for the interior of Germany. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 6.—Yesterday evening, be tween six and seven o'clock, his Majesty safely ar rived at his palace in this capital. He held tHis day a grand levee, which was numerously attended. • - OcT. 9.—On the 23d ult. Joseph Peters, grena dier, and John Muitges, fusileer, in the 7th Dutch regiment of the line, were shot between Hamburgh and Altona, pursuant to the sentence of •a General Court Martial, for disobedience and insubordination. The Diable /Voir Dutch privateer captured be tween Heligoland and the Weser, and has carried into a;lizici, the Fortuna, laden with piece goods, and coming from Heligoland. On the 26th ult. a vessel belonging to Knipbausen, laden with hemp and pot-ash, was carried into Elsi neur by a Danish privateer. According to letters from St. Petersburgh of the 14th September, four American vessels which ar rived there had been refused admission, on account of their papers not being regular. OCT. 11.—According to the Danish papers, .there has been captured and carried into Christiansand a Kniphausen vessel. laden with timber, an English ship laden with coals, and the Jonge Cornelis, _with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and wine. The Alexander has been carried into Egarsund. PARIS, OCT. 8.---The Eiuperor, it is positively stated, will return to this capital before the meeting of the Legislative Body. Nothing has hitherto transpired respecling the real object of the assemblage of so many Sovereigns at Erturth. The Alexandrine Privateer, of Calais, captured on the 3,1 init. off Portsmouth, after an obstinate aotion, and has carried into Fecanap, an English Brig, of 284 tons, and 15 seamen, exclusiye of five nasseniers and two French prisoners. She was on her. voyage from a Spanish colony, and was laden with colonial produce and logwood. The Captain gave up all their private property to the passengers and the two pri soners. *.* We intend to resume the historical Detail of BuoN/1.- enares Campaign in Italy to.norrow, with an account of the memorable Battle of Lodi. MAILS. ARRIVED-i Lisbon, 2 Dublin. Du z-2 Gottenburgh, 4 Watci.tord. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWLLVE O'CLOC K. Consols . . 64} I Omnium - . par THE SU' N, SOLIDS QUIS DLCK& FALSVIS AUDIA; LONDON, MONPAY, •OCTOBULI 31, 1808. Mr. SHAWE, the Messenger, reached Dover on Saturday morning with Dispatches for Messrs. CHA PAGNY and RONIANZOW. 1 - He embarked about one o'clock for Calais. He was received with great civility, and permission was immediately given him tr, proceed to Paris. The Commandant at Calais told the Master of the Vessel that took Mr. SHAWE over, that if he should come there again on a similar occa tion, and it should be rough weather, that he need, not send ashore for permission to land, but might sail direetly into the Harbour. The Dispatch Packet is arrived at Falmouth with Mails from Corunna, which she left on the 26th instant; the Letters will not be delivered till to- morrow. We have received Dutch Papers to the 14th inst. which contain Paris news to the gth. The Moniteur has acknowledged the evacuation of Portugal by the French Troops, and has with great adroitness taken advantage of the clamour which has been raised in this country upon that seb;c6t, to reconcile the peo , pie of France to the measure. The very little infor mation which these Papers give, respecting the af fairs'of Spain, is of a very satisfa6tory natbre. It is acknowledged that the reinforcements which have been ordered to march from different parts of France towards Spain, cannot reach their destination before the beginning of next month, and we are no longer told of the entire subjugation of Spain, and the pu nishment of the Rebels : it now is a matter of boast that the French are able to maintain their position. The news from Erfurth, in these Papers, comes down to 66 2d inst.;—ALEXANDER and BUONA- , PARTE divide' their days between business and plea sure. The eirenings they almost constantly devote to the Theatre; 4ttended by the Kings of SAXONI4 BAVARIA, WRSTPLIALIA, and WIRTEMBURGII• The Grand Duke Cotstiii,wrtits has been too much in disposed since his arrival at Erfurth to join in the pneral festivities. If it be true that he at tended his brother to .14trfurth with great reluc tance, it is by no means' impossible that his indis position is merely political. Although the Emperor of At.israt4 did not think it expedient to attend this meeting, he sent General iiiitcENT there, probably for the ptrpose of giving explanations respeaing the extraordinary levy of troops in the Austrian Dominions. • WE are happy to have it in our power to lay be-- fore our Readers the Proclamation addressed by Ge neral ROMANA to his troops. It is a most animated produEtion, and pays a just tribute to the exer tions made by this Country for their deliverance. Some more Spanish Papers, to the 26th inst. have reached town, but the news they bring is not very important. A slight disturbance has happened at Madrid, in consequence of the rashness and insolence of some Frenchmen, who drank JOSEPH BuoNA PARTE'S health in a coffee-house, for which they were immediately► put to death by the persons pre sent, and their bodies thrown into the street. The mob that assembled upon the occasion went to the Russian Minister's house, to demand some French men who were said to have taken refuge there. The disturbance, however, was suppressed by the exer tions of the Government. Sir DAVID BAIRD% Army Was to proceed, by divisions, to join the Army of General BLAKE. IT has been stated in some of the Public. Papers that the Dulig of.CLAfustslcs is about to hoist his Flag on board the BaOeur, but we have reason to believe that there is -no' foundation whatever for the report. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, PrincesseSAU AMELIA, an d §OPHIA; accompanied by ,Earl. \VINCHILSEA, Lads CRANBY, the HOll. MISS FINCH, and Geheial FITZIIOY, rode to St. George's Chapel, On Saturday Mr. fIAsE, of the Bank of England, gave notice to the Stock Exchange that the Com missioners fortpurchasing Stock for the re:!emption of the National D. bt wou►d in future purchase, on every transfer day, 352,0001. in the 4 per cent. con sols, instead:of buying 3 per cent. consols, as had usually been the custom. This arrangement pro duced an immediate advance in the Funds. General KELLERMAN, we understand, states, that if we had not asSented to the terms proposed, Ju- NOT hod resolved to barn Lisbon to ashes, as well as all the Ships in the Tagus, and then to have passed over to Fort Elves, which he would strongly have fiftitied, and in which he could lu:e held out for nine months against an army of 60,000 men. — Such a determination is exaCtly.consownt with the ferocious and desperate chara&er of RINOT, and wouldprobably have been attempted. At present, when so little is suffered to transpire respetting the internal state of France, the following particulars, with which we have been favoured by a Gentleman who left Paris about the time of ROGNA• kARTE'S departure for Erfurth, will, we have no doubt, be acceptable to our Readers. " France," he says, " may be considered at the present r 0 0,, 1 14§14 either as nn the eve of a great crisis, or as likely to reruain for a long time in the state of terror, slavery, and misfortune into which it it sunk. If the interview between the two Emperors, instead of terminating in an ninon of views, was produ&ive of a difference of opinion, a,s many were led to pre sume would be the case, from the known and pro nounced disposition of the Emperor of RUSSIA for peace, Buta;iAPARTI would thus be deprived of his chief support. But if, on the other hand, they should agree to carry the war into the Levant, no thing but a prolongation of the present syatem was expected. " The great mass of the people suffer, complain, and talk of peace, but their murmurs, and the ex pressions of their wishes are no soonet 01,ered, than stifled by a multitude of G:ovrutilett , A,.;enis some times by threats, and at other tunes by Molding out to them the flattering hopes of a speedy return of prosperity and happiness. Tile affairs of Spain, have produced a lively sensation, partn..'ularly upon the mind of the soldier, who, fatigued with the war,' *lli anxious for repose. " There have been serious disturbances in the countries adjoining to tiie Pyrenees, occasioned by the information which it has b impossible to ex clude, of th..: ree ut events in Spain. These dis• turbances, however, were sveedtly suppressed, and it was known only to a e ery few iniiNiduals in the capital that ever thec existed, Rewards and pr. - wises have twen lavished upon the Officers; and, in ki kw instances, where a spirit of mutiny and disobe dience has mat ifestel itself, exemplary punishments haire ben indicted, which have prevented it from spreading. ''The army is encouraged with the hopes of new conquest, where they will find more plunder. They no longer talk of English guineas, as they did at Boulogne, but of the treasures of the Seraglio of the Grand Signior. Pillage and promotion are two pow erful incentives for the army, and its Chief knowing its weak side, disposes of it as he pleases. " Commerce is every where completely extinEt. The great proportion of the manufactures being en tirely at a stand, and the workmen have no alterna tive but to die of hunger or enter into the army, where they have food and clothing. The sea-ports are deserted, particularly since the Embargo laid upon the American vessels; and the seamen former ly employed in navigating the merchantmen are compelled to seek subsistence on board the ships of war. " The monied men having no means of employ ing their capitals, repair to Paris, and solicit places, and the existing Government thus derives energy from that ambition which causes the ruin of States, and the misery consequent upon it. As to the public finances, it is quite impossible to penetrate the mystery in which they are hive lopped. The interest of the debt is regularly paid, and the taxes thakigh most oppressive, and raised with difficulty, are nevertheless productive. " The enormous contributions levied upon - the conquered countries, and the expeuce of maintaining the army falling almost wholly upon the States which it has subjugated, are circumstances which have contributed nut a little to the improvement of the revenue." NAVAL NEWS. YlkiOilrt, OCT. 29.—Arrived the Con, ilia Gun brig, Lient. J. B. BATT, from a cruize ; and the 2tipnpareil Schboner, LicUt. DICKENSON, from the coast of Spain, with Dispatches. The Hindosiqn Store-shipis,g6ne into, Barn Pcol to refit. Spited the Sprightly Cutter on f oruize ; and tho Aaive Excise Revenue Cutter, KINSMAN, for Far" mouth. Sailed the z/iairen Frigate; with a Eeet' of Vic- Mailers under convoy, for Torbay. Arrived the French Schooner La 'he& Coquet, laden with sugar, &c. from Guadaloupe,, captured some days since, offCorunna, by the Nonpareil Sloop ofWar : she is the Vessel mentioned in the ?inblic Prints as having appeared off Corunna, making sig nals for a Pilot, but, on discovering the harbour oc cupied by British Vessels, attempted to escape, when she was pursued by the Nonpareil and taken, after an exchange of two broadsides. Sailed the Humber Sloop of War for , Falmouth, and Peacock Sloop of War on a cruize: PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Thq.wind having dared to the North East, this morning, his Majesty's gate La SOlle immediately made the Signal co un , s ) moor, and in a short time the whole of the Trans-4 ports containing the 7th and loth Dragoons and tb° ) Regiments destined for Spain, which have he;riLle tained so long at St. Helen's by.contrary winds, got `under ,way:, and proceeded to the Wetward. The wind has since got round to the 'Southward, and.will probably occasion them to bring up in Yarmouth Roads, Yesterday arrived the Brig Rattler, T WALxEs Master, from Oporto, with wine, for London. She sailed from Oporto 1 3►h inst. in company with about 16 Sail of Merchant Ships for London, under convoy of his Majesty's Ship Primrose, and parted with them in a gale of wind about Go leagues to the West wars of Scilly. The following Vessels were in the above convoy :.—Harriet, CARLTON ; Stag, Tizomrsot f p Success, BENN ENT ; Peace and Plenty,—; Betsey , WALKER ; and Stag, WHEATLEY ; the latter and about five"other Ships of the convoy lost anchors and cables in a gale of wind off Oporto Bar' the day be' fore they sailed, as did also the Rattler. Sailed his Majesty's Ship I.,'Espiegla for Cork, an d Redpole Gun-brig on a Cruize ; also the Pe ° Friends, OAK, for London. _ _ - • . The Russian Ships Twerdy, Skoroy, St. Wol* Rafael, Sibtoy, lliotchroy, , Ratvizan, and Kesc" e4 ' Frigate, are gone dorin to the western pnrt cd.,..t 11 ! Motherbank, where they are to lie in de , :osit till the conclusion of a Peace with Russia. Admiral Si l t . AVM is waiting on board the Twerdy, till Ships appointed to take him and those under his comm All to Russia; he does not mean to come can shore. DAVER, OCT. 30.-.-Mr. SHAINE arrived here per terday morning, and sailed in a Flag of Truces with Dispatches, for Calais, about one o'clock. 114° Vessel which carri e d him has returned, and the P c° ' ple report he was very favourably received, and tb e l gave him immediate permission to land, and to P r° 7 . Feed to Paris with his Dispatches. The (:,:ornin 3tlci ' ant at Calais desired the Master of the V,:ssel , in case be should come there again on a similar ' cc3 slot), and it should be rough weather; not to s end ashore tor permission to land, btu to nil ettaigt into the. Haibow. „ w for The 12th Dragoons march in to-tror. l° Folkstone j , Hythe, R-oritney, and Deal. • COWES, 0CT.30..— : 45t passed through our Ito 341 the English Brig Betsey, Capt. HARINARD, tr°ll Oporto, in 15 days, with a cargo of wine, for LOt r don. She came under convoy of the Primrose W i g of War (19 Sail in all), five of which are for Ire land and Bristol, which parted from them at the Chops of the Channel. .„ SZIEERNESS, OCT. s . ..'B.—Arrived the heati Mortar Brig. OCT. tag.--Sailed the SCITpC7i Sloop of Capt. GIFFORD, for the Balt;c. Came down from toe Ri'.er and sailed for '- Downs the Crocodile, of 24 guns. idat Went out of harbour to the Nore the A/exanw of 36 guns. f ea l ' M 6 OCT. 30.--Arrived the Thames Frigate, 0 . ". " guns, lion. Capt. WALDEGR4VE, from the . terraneau—she is coming into harbour. Sailed the Alexandria, of 36 guns. OXFOBD, Oct. 30. find On Saturday last, the following Noblet ll63 - • Gentlemen were entered at Christ Church Ceollegf,:e Lord SYDNEY OSBORNE, .brother of his Graff Duke of LEEDS ; Lord Arsr-sY and Mr. BATHuI°,4, sons of Earl BATHURST; Mr. CAMPBELL./ elde st ~ ; ; r of Lord CAWDOR) the Hon. Mr. CALTHORPEF brother of Lord CALTHORPE • Sir W. FOU L 'S'- lop St of Ingleby, in Yorkshire, and Mr. HAY, elue of Sir JOHN DALRYMPLE HAY, Bart. of Old c' Wigtownslaire, North Britain.